Copper incense burner in cloisonne enamels, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

Copper incense burner in cloisonne enamels, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

• Image Number: C1E000176N000000000PAD
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Enamel wares
• Function: Incense set
• Material: Minerals/Metals/Copper
• Description:
  Gold plated mouth, double ears, short neck, round belly, round bottom, three feet. With light blue as the ground, the whole device is decorated with crabapple patterns on the ears, sunflower patterns on the neck and feet, a circle of wishful cloud patterns on the upper edge of the abdomen and around the feet, and a circle of lotus patterns and sunflower patterns on the abdomen. The bottom of the utensil and the sole of the foot are exposed, and the square exposed part at the bottom is engraved with a horizontal four character regular script and a word “Li”. Zhongfa 176, 177 and 178 are a group.